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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 25, 1987Seward County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at May 25, 1987, 6:23 PM CDT for Seward County, Kansas. It was in force for 47 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
May 25, 1987, 6:23 PM CDT (23:23 UTC)
Expired
May 25, 1987, 7:10 PM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Seward County, KS

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 25, 6:44 PM CDTHail 1.75Seward, KS

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 106 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 1987-05-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 24 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 1987-05-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 81 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
24 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-181 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1181 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
81 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
114 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KDDC 252322
TORDDC
KSC175-260010-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
623 PM CDT MON MAY 25 1987
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 710 PM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY OF
 
SOUTHWEST KANSAS... SEWARD
 
A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER LIBERAL KANSAS AT 620 PM CDT
MOVING NORTHEAST 30 MPH.  THIS THUNDERSTORM COULD PRODUCE A TORNADO
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS8 STORM.  TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY.  DON'T HESITATE.
A FEW SECONDS MIGHT SAVE YOUR LIFE.
 
DEG

The office that day

Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 25, 6:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMeade47 min
May 25, 6:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHaskell64 min

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.